Administrator Guide
does not support auto-negotiation must be configured to exactly match the mode of 
operation as the link partner or else no link can be established.
1000Base-T 
Control
1000Base-T requires auto-negotiation. The IEEE Ethernet standard does not support 
setting a speed to 1000 Mbps with the speed command without auto-negotiation. E-
Series line cards support both full-duplex and half-duplex 1000BaseT.
Phy Specific 
Control
Values are:
• 0 - Manual MDI
• 1 - Manual MDIX
• 2 - N/A
• 3 - Auto MDI/MDIX
Phy Specific 
Status
Displays PHY-specific status information. Cable length represents a rough estimate in 
meters:
• 0 - < 50 meters
• 1 - 50 - 80 meters
• 2 - 80 - 110 meters
• 3 - 110 - 140 meters
• 4 - 140 meters
Link Status: Up or Down
Speed:
• Auto
• 1000MB
• 100MB
• 10MB
Example
DellEMC# show interfaces gigabitethernet 1/1 phy
Mode Control:
 SpeedSelection: 10b
 AutoNeg: ON
 Loopback: False
 PowerDown: False
 Isolate: False
 DuplexMode: Full
Mode Status:
 AutoNegComplete: False
 RemoteFault: False
 LinkStatus: False
 JabberDetect: False
AutoNegotation Advertise:
 100MegFullDplx: True
 100MegHalfDplx: True
 10MegFullDplx: False
 10MegHalfDplx: True
 Asym Pause: False
 Sym Pause: False
AutoNegotiation Remote Partner's Ability:
 100MegFullDplx: False
 100MegHalfDplx: False
 10MegFullDplx: False
 10MegHalfDplx: False
 Asym Pause: False
 Sym Pause: False
AutoNegotiation Expansion:
 ParallelDetectionFault: False
...
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